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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of these options does not apply to the definition of philosophy?
A completely new way of thinking developed in Greece around 2600 years ago
A replacement of religious explanations to understand how the world works
A rejection of the myths to search for the laws of nature based on experience and reason
A mythological explanations for how the balance of nature was maintained and why there was a constant struggle against the dangerous forces of chaos.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Who were the agents of chaos in Norse mythology?
Valkiries
Loki's henchmen
Giants
Jotunheim
- 3. Multiple Choice
The myths were created for ancient people's entertainment.
True
False
- 4. Multiple Choice
Mortals enact the myths in religious ceremonies to take some action to keep the order of the universe.
True
False
Not stated
- 5. Multiple Choice
Who were the two poets who wrote down much of Greek mythology?
Dionysos
Hephaestos
Homer
Hesiod
- 6. Multiple Choice
What did Xenophanes say about the Gods?
The Gods are too human and too similar to the group that created them, thus they are human notions.
Gods are a way to explain the phenomena around us.
The Gods are black and flat-nosed like people from Ethiopia.
Stories of the Gods result in great literature like the Iliad and the Odyssey.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Sophie thought that people had always had the need to understand nature and they did that through beautiful stories but then, science was invented and the myths were forgotten.
True
False
- 8. Multiple Choice
All ancient Greek philosophers wanted to answer the same questions; they were concerned with the whole of philosophy.
True
False
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why are the earliest Greek philosophers called "natural philosophers"?
They were concerned with the nature of human behavior.
They were concerned with the natural world and its processes.
They were obsessed with human evolution.
They wanted to understand the natural laws of physics.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which three of these statements are true about the first philosophy made by the Greeks?
They looked for a basic substance that caused all transformations in nature.
They thought that the basic substance was the start and ending of all things.
They believed that oxygen was the building block of all things.
They created chemistry to understand how the mixture of substances creates living things.
They took the first step in the direction of scientific reasoning becoming the precursors of science.
- 11. Multiple Choice
The most interesting part of philosophy is not what solutions philosophers arrive at, but which questions they ask and what type of answers they look for.
True
False
- 12. Multiple Choice
What was the question the Eleatics were interested in answering?
What is the substance of all things?
What substance is the origin of the universe?
How can a substance change into something else?
- 13. Multiple Choice
A rationalist is someone who believes that human reason is the primary source of knowledge of the world. Who was the most prominent pre-Socratic rationalist?
Parmenides
Heraclitus
Democritus
Plato
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which philosopher believed in a "universal reason" or Deity that embraced the whole world and guided its change.
Heraclitus
Plato
Aristotle
Socrates
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which is not part of the "roots" or four basic elements of the world according to Empedocles?
earth
air
fire
metal
- 16. Fill in the Blank
What are the two forces of nature that make the four basic elements combine and separate according to Empedocles?
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